Exmouth Photo Group
Est. 1969
Photo Entry Information
Exmouth Photo Group is going to use the Photo Entry system in future to manage the competition digital entries. Very briefly, it is a modern way for you to upload your images directly into competitions, and no longer uses emails or zip files etc. It also prepares the entries ready for the actual competition, including running order lists for judges. PhotoEntry isn't new, and it is used by many clubs.
Data protection: Photo Entry does not pass your email, names or images to any other party. Nor can any other club using Photo Entry see your images or emails, just as we can't see theirs. PhotoEntry does not hold any list of emails etc., they only use the emails, names etc that EPG upload. The responsibility for accuracy and privacy of data rests wholly with EPG - it is our data that we use to process competitions through PhotoEntry.
For members who have not set up their Password and ID please or uploaded any images please click on the appropriate link in order to view insructions.
How to set password and Log In
How to upload images into Photo Entry
Entering Images
You will need to:
This will ask you to login, then another click for the competition. See the screen grabs below and click on the approproiate competition. It will be necessary to make sure your images have the right profile and the right size.
The Competition Secretary has written some instructions on how to do this if you have Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom. As you are well aware there is more than one way to do a procedure so any problems please email either of our Photo Entry Administration Officers Peter Hyett on hyettpeter@hotmail.co.uk or Sheila Haycox on sah2@live.co.uk
To give an image the correct PROFILE and size:
In PHOTOSHOP -
Click on "File\Export\Export As...", Ensure Format is JPG, and Quality 100%. (If the image is being resized down to the target dimensions this is unlikely to be a problem in terms of file size). You now need to manually tweak the dimensions. First try setting the Image Size Width to 1600. If the Image Size Height now exceeds 1200, set it to 1200 (the width should drop down accordingly). Default resampling is Bicubic Automatic. Try this first and if not happy experiment with others. Ensure "Convert to sRGB" is checked. Click "Export All..." and select where you want the exported image saved.
In LIGHTROOM -
In the Library view, click on "Export..." In the "File Settings" section: Set "Image Format" to "JPEG". Set "Quality" to 100. (If the image is being resized down to the target dimensions this is unlikely to be a problem in terms of file size). Set "Colour Space" to "sRGB". Ensure "Limit File Size To:" is un-checked.
In the Image Sizing section: Ensure "Resize to Fit" is checked. Choose the "Width & Height" option. Set the "W:" and "H:" values to 1600 and 1200, and the units to "pixels". Set "Resolution" to 300 pixels per inch. Ensure "Don't Enlarge" is checked.
